Re: Little red light's a flashin'

[Richard Fenton/Shannon Fenton <ldfen1@lisco.com>]

Christopher Mende wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 15 Apr 1997, Jason Brunberg wrote:
> 
> |Hey folks, I have a question.  What exactly does that little red light
> |on the temp meter tell the driver about?  All of a sudden this morning,
> |the damn thing went off, and hasn't stopped blinking.  Temperature is
> |exactlt where it should be, but seeing that light in the corner of my
> |eye makes me nervous.
> |
> |       On a totally unrelated note, my tranny has also started to grind
> |*everytime* I shift into 3rd (not bad for a 13 day old used
> |transmission).  Oh well.
> |
> |       Thanks for any info.
> 
> Try stopping in neutral for a sec w/o changing the revs on the motor and
> then switch into 3rd...this is how I drive, or I avoid 3rd as it always
> grinds... double clutch that sucker.
> 
> I've heard many raves about synthetic oils solving the problems of sulfide
> buildups on the syncros used in conventional oils... however, I also
> understand that synths can eat away at these deposits/buildups which are
> preventing leaks... Redline MTL is often touted.
> 
> I'd like to try a synth oil, but and afraid I may cause damange by
> leakage in the inner seals...
> 
> How about this, everyone..... Why not use a synth as a kind of
> treatment... simply run it a couple days/week until the possible buildups
> are gone and the syncros do their job, then switch back to regular lube to
> prevent seal leaks...  does this sound zany to anyone out there? Just
> something I thought up...
> 
> ~C
> 
>   Christopher Mende        ICEMT @ Iowa State Uni
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Something you might check for your coolant light is the sending unit on
top of the resovoir. Mine does the same thing because coolant leaks out
of the sending unit seal causing it to short out. So instead of doing
the right thing and replacing it i just blow it out form time to time to
keep the contacts clean.HTH




shannon 87 16Volt

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